Improvement in hinges



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

WILLIAM WEBB, oF WATEEEUEY, CONNECTICUT, AssICNoR To THE sCovILLEMANUFACTURINGr COMPANY, oF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HINGES.

Specification forming part. ot' Letters Patent No. 43,746, dated August2, 1864.

i a hinge in an open state, constructed according to my invention, x mindicating the plane yof section Fig. 2, a side view of the same in aclosed state; Fig. 3, an open view of the same in a partially-finishedstate.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalgures.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of hinges whichare formedput of a sheet or rolled metal plate, and are corn- Inonlytermed butthinges.

The invention consists in providing said h;nges with a stop, constructedduring the process of their manufacture, and in such a manner that acombined hinge and stop will be obtainedat a cost not appreciablygreater than that ot' the hinges constructed separately or without thestop.

The invention is designed for those hinges which are to be applied todesk and box lids, and to other articles in which the door or lid is notrequired to be opened at a distance greater than will bring the leaves0f the hinges at or about at right angles with each other.

vTo enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe-it.

A A represent the two leaves ofa hinge, which may be connected togetherby a pintle, ux, in the usual way. These leaves are cut out from asheetor rolled metal plate, and one of them, A, has a rectangular' recess, a,eut in its outer edge, said recess being made at the time the leatl iscut out. The other leaf, A', has a projection, '1), extending outward atright angles from the center of its outer edge, the end of b beingprovided with a cross-head, c. This projection b and its cross-head care c'ut out from the plate simultaneously with the leaf A', and theprojection b is of such a width that it may t in the recess a ot' theleaf A, when bent or curved, soas to extend over the outer edge of saidleaf, as shown more particularly in Fig. 1.

The cross-head c is ot' such a length thatit` invention a combined hingeand` stop are obtained, and Without augmenting in an appreciable degreethe cost of manufacture above that of a hinge alone.

The invention is capable of very general application, but is chieiiydesigned for small hinges, such as are used on boxes, desks, and variousother articles in which it is desirable to employ stops to control theextent ot' the movement ot' a cover, lid, &c.

Having thus describedmy invention. what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A hinge provided with a stop formed during the process ofthe manufactureof the hinge, and out of the same parts or pieces composing the same,substantially as herein described.

WILLIAM WEBB.

Witnesses:

GEO. E. TERRY, SA. W. KELLOGG.

